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via FirstLadyB: “Not only did she know the Lord she loved the Lord,” the National Black Church Initiative(NBCI) said of Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday morning at the age of 76. The faith based coalition, which is comprised of 34,000 churches, released a statementThursday that described the Queen of Soul’s younger years growing up in her father, CL Franklin’s […]

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Getting Aretha Franklin to sing for you could be considered a gift in itself. But the Queen of Soul has something special for Pope Francis when she performs for him at the Festival of Families concert in Philadelphia on Saturday. Franklin told The Associated Press that she’ll present the pope with a box set of […]